We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/in_the_midst_of_the_failures_of_a_few_a_good_development.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:52:33 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification June 2, 2006 — Military sources told ABC News that there are likely to be charges filed against officers up the chain of command in connection with the killing of 24 civilians by U.S. Marines in Haditha, Iraq, in November 2005. Those who could be charged include senior officers who were not on the scene at the time of the killing but should have known something wrong had happened and done something about it. All I have to say is - good. Let 'em defend themselves, and if they fail the test, let us put them away from us.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/in_the_midst_of_the_failures_of_a_few_a_good_development.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/in_the_midst_of_the_failures_of_a_few_a_good_development.html Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:24:26 -0600 /oh helk rant pre-emptively deleted. I guess I'll buy off on this with the qualifiers you added in. I wish I had more confidence in the 'no railroads' factor, however. Be that as it may, the old "it happened on your watch" still applies. I just hate to see that so selectively applied after Abu Ghuraib and Mzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Karpinski. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/in_the_midst_of_the_failures_of_a_few_a_good_development.html#comment-45944 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/in_the_midst_of_the_failures_of_a_few_a_good_development.html#comment-45944 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:30:51 -0600